Patents by Inventor Amos Greene Winter, V
Amos Greene Winter, V has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11937556Abstract: Drip irrigation emitters having low activation pressures, desirable flow rates, and are configured to clog less than existing emitters are provided. The disclosed emitters include membrane cavities that are devoid of a channel and a land to help advance fluid through the cavity, to an outlet, and to an outside environment. Instead, the membrane cavities have various shapes and configurations that, in conjunction with a depressed membrane, help to drive fluid out of the membrane cavity and to an outside environment. The shapes of the membrane cavities include a sinusoidal configuration, a cylindrical shape configuration, and a flat bottom configuration. Various features of such emitters, and methods of using the same, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Julia Sokol, Jaya Narain, Amos Greene Winter, V, Jeffrey Costello, Dheekshita Kumar, Tristan J. McLaurin
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Patent number: 11895936Abstract: Vehicles having the versatility to be used as farm vehicles while also being able to be used as a transportation method, such as a motorcycle, are provided. The vehicles can generally include a three-wheel configuration in which first and second drive wheels are substantially vertically aligned, and the third wheel is offset from the vertically aligned drive wheels. The third wheel can be aligned with the second wheel, or it can be disposed at a location that is between the first and second wheels while still being offset from the vertical alignment. A tool for performing farming actions is also provided. In some instances the tool can be laterally offset from the vertically aligned wheels, located between the drive wheels, while in other instances the tool can be disposed distal of the rear wheel. Many vehicle and tool configurations are disclosed, as are methods for operating the same.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Guillermo Fabian Diaz Lankenau, Amos Greene Winter, V
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Publication number: 20230255800Abstract: A compliant prosthetic foot is designed and fabricated by combining a compliant mechanism optimization technique with a calculation of low leg trajectory error under a reference loading condition. The compliant mechanism optimization technique includes a set of determinants for the compliant prosthetic foot. An optimized set of determinants of the compliant prosthetic foot is formed that minimizes the lower leg trajectory error relative to a target kinematic data set. The compliant prosthetic foot is then fabricated in conformance with the optimized set of determinants.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Amos Greene Winter, V, Kathryn Michelle Olesnavage
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Patent number: 11666461Abstract: A compliant prosthetic foot is designed and fabricated by combining a compliant mechanism optimization technique with a calculation of low leg trajectory error under a reference loading condition. The compliant mechanism optimization technique includes a set of determinants for the compliant prosthetic foot. An optimized set of determinants of the compliant prosthetic foot is formed that minimizes the lower leg trajectory error relative to a target kinematic data set. The compliant prosthetic foot is then fabricated in conformance with the optimized set of determinants.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Amos Greene Winter, V, Kathryn Michelle Olesnavage
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Publication number: 20220046869Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling ways to best design pressure-controlled drip irrigation emitters are provided. The systems and methods are designed to help reduce activation pressure while maintaining a substantially constant, desirable flow rate in an irrigation system. Various parameters that impact the activation pressure and the flow rate can be adjusted to assist in finding optimal designs. The parameters can at least include one or more of resistances in a flow path, resistances in a membrane cavity, a membrane, or placement of a membrane with respect to a membrane cavity. Optimal designs for such emitters based on the discloses systems and methods are provided, including at least one exemplary embodiment in which a length of a flow path is substantially reduced as compared to known emitters.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Julia SOKOL, Jaya NARAIN, Amos Greene WINTER, V, Jeffrey COSTELLO, Dheekshita KUMAR, Tristan J. MCLAURIN
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Publication number: 20220046870Abstract: Drip irrigation emitters having low activation pressures, desirable flow rates, and are configured to clog less than existing emitters are provided. The disclosed emitters include membrane cavities that are devoid of a channel and a land to help advance fluid through the cavity, to an outlet, and to an outside environment. Instead, the membrane cavities have various shapes and configurations that, in conjunction with a depressed membrane, help to drive fluid out of the membrane cavity and to an outside environment. The shapes of the membrane cavities include a sinusoidal configuration, a cylindrical shape configuration, and a flat bottom configuration. Various features of such emitters, and methods of using the same, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Julia SOKOL, Jaya NARAIN, Amos Greene WINTER, V, Jeffrey COSTELLO, Dheekshita KUMAR, Tristan J. MCLAURIN
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Publication number: 20200085595Abstract: A compliant prosthetic foot is designed and fabricated by combining a compliant mechanism optimization technique with a calculation of low leg trajectory error under a reference loading condition. The compliant mechanism optimization technique includes a set of determinants for the compliant prosthetic foot. An optimized set of determinants of the compliant prosthetic foot is formed that minimizes the lower leg trajectory error relative to a target kinematic data set. The compliant prosthetic foot is then fabricated in conformance with the optimized set of determinants.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Amos Greene Winter, V, Kathryn Michelle Olesnavage
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Patent number: 9644730Abstract: Example embodiments are related to a wheel coupling system for a vehicle. The wheel coupling system according to example embodiments may include a torque transmission element having a rotatable member to generate a torque force and a torque receiver for releasably engaging the torque transmission element. The wheel coupling system may further include a wheel coupled to the torque receiver such that removal of the wheel disengages the torque receiver from the torque transmission element to allow the torque transmission element to remain intact.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Global Research Innovation and Technology Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Michael Judge, Amos Greene Winter, V
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Publication number: 20160069445Abstract: Example embodiments are related to a wheel coupling system for a vehicle. The wheel coupling system according to example embodiments may include a torque transmission element having a rotatable member to generate a torque force and a torque receiver for releasably engaging the torque transmission element. The wheel coupling system may further include a wheel coupled to the torque receiver such that removal of the wheel disengages the torque receiver from the torque transmission element to allow the torque transmission element to remain intact.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Benjamin Michael Judge, Amos Greene Winter, V
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Publication number: 20140069723Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus in an example embodiment of the present invention relates to penetrating a particulate substrate using a compact, lightweight, low-energy, reversible, and dynamic device for burrowing through particulate substrates. In one preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes at least one vessel and a displacement module coupled with the vessel. The actuation of the displacement module fluidizes the particulate substrate proximate to the vessel and thereby reduces resistance of the particulate substrate to movement of the vessel and causes further penetration of the apparatus through the particulate substrate. The example embodiment utilizes volume contraction and localized fluidizing to efficiently move through substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Amos Greene Winter, V, Anette E. Hosoi, Alexander Henry Slocum
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Patent number: 8496410Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus in an example embodiment of the present invention relates to penetrating a particulate substrate using a compact, low-energy, reversible, and dynamic device for burrowing through particulate substrates. In one preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes at least one vessel and a displacement module coupled with the vessel. The actuation of the displacement module fluidizes the particulate substrate proximate to the vessel and thereby reduces resistance of the particulate substrate to movement of the vessel and causes further penetration of the apparatus through the particulate substrate. The example embodiment utilizes volume contraction and localized fluidizing to move through substrates.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Amos Greene Winter, V, Anette E. Hosoi, Alexander Henry Slocum
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Publication number: 20100300752Abstract: A method or corresponding apparatus in an example embodiment of the present invention relates to penetrating a particulate substrate using a compact, lightweight, low-energy, reversible, and dynamic device for burrowing through particulate substrates. In one preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes at least one vessel and a displacement module coupled with the vessel. The actuation of the displacement module fluidizes the particulate substrate proximate to the vessel and thereby reduces resistance of the particulate substrate to movement of the vessel and causes further penetration of the apparatus through the particulate substrate. The example embodiment utilizes volume contraction and localized fluidizing to efficiently move through substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Amos Greene Winter, V, Anette E. Hosoi, Alexander Henry Slocum